therein. 
Trinidad. 
DOUBTY PELTOPHORUM (P. du- 
bium). Like the better-known Philippine 
P. inerme, but distinguished by smaller 
leaflets and more of them, this “large 
beautiful Brazilian tree,” as Bailey refers 
to it, grows to 60 feet with wide spread- 
ing shady branches, It bears bright yel- 
low flowers in summer in big clustered 
spikes at the branch tips. 
*TRINIDAD ROBLE  (Platymiscium 
trinitatis). This big evergreen tree 
reaches 90 feet high and 3-foot diameter. 
Freeman & Williams wrote: “It blossoms 
in March and April and is then one of 
our most beautiful trees. Flowers in semi- 
pendent racemes, rich orange, %-inch di- 
ameter with a dark ring on the lower petal; 
there is also a variety with flowers of a 
darker shade. They give off a violet-like 
fragrance perceptible for quite a long dis- 
tance.” Marshall wrote: “One of the most 
ornamental native species when in flower. 
The small pea-shaped flowers are a golden 
yellow. They are borne very freely and 
smother the tree, making it very conspicu- 
ous and ornamental. The tree is widely 
distributed but nowhere common. The 
wood is hardy and heavy, reddish-brown, 
strong and durable.” 
WHITE FRANGIPANI (Plumeria 
alba). This seed of a Mexican tree came 
to me from Mozambique, hence I am 
doubtful of the name. In my opinion 
these plants are P. acutifolia, our common 
garden variety. The true P. alba has a 
characteristic leaf which these seedlings 
do not have, at least in the juvenile state. 
ANGOLA PADAUK (Pterocarpus an- 
golensis). This may be identical with 
P. echinatus and P. erinanceus, but the 
juvenile plants have somewhat different 
foliage and for the present I shall grow 
them separately. These are wonderful 
shade trees, and Macmillan ranks P. echi- 
natus among the beautiful flowering trees 
of the world. 
“TREE PE TREA «(he narborea ee =) his 
Trinidad small evergreen tree, with very 
rough 4-inch leaves, bears profuse sprays 
of violet flowers three times a year much 
like the magnificent Petrea vine we know 
The plant attains 10 feet in 
19S 
in Florida. The calyx is a lighter shade 
of purple than the corolla; the latter soon 
falls but the calyx persists, turning ash- 
gray with age, like some of the people I 
know. This tree’s natural occurrence even 
in Trinidad is “extremely rare.” In 
bloom “the tree is highly ornamental,” 
wrote Marshall. “One of the handsomest 
of all Central American plants,” wrote 
Standley, “because of the abundance of 
blue flowers.” 
DECCAN POLYALTHIA (P. cera- 
soides). This medium sized evergreen 
tree of the Annona family bears small 
green Canangium-like flowers along the 
branches, followed by red berry-like fruits. 
PEANUT TREE (Pterogyne nitens). 
Hoehne describes this as a “very beautiful 
tree, with an almost globular crown, very 
thin and lacy; ideal for hot regions and 
highly wind resistant,” but he fails to 
mention the flowers. They probably are 
not showy. 
PANAMA CANDLETREE (Parmenti- 
era cereifera). This small tree to 20 feet, 
often branching to the base, bears a pro- 
fusion of almost sessile, 2-inch white flow- 
ers on the stem and older branches. These 
are followed by curious hanging, cylin- 
drical fruits, 10 to 40 inches long and 
about 1 inch in diameter, fleshy, smooth 
and white or yellowish, strongly suggest- 
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COMBRETUM 
